UNCLAIMED MONEY.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12653, 26 December 1908, Page 7

UNCLAIMED MONEY.

Australian Heirs Wanted To Clam Money and Pr. perty during 1908 Sir, — Comparatively few people in the Commonwealth have am idea of the immense number of peisftns or their descendants who aie annually being sought for by advertisement ni Austialian and New Zealand newspapers, to claim moneys and estates belonging to them in the United Kingdom and abroad, or tor something to their advantage and of these few, a still smaller number of those beneficially interested ever have an opportunity of seeing the advertisements, or the legal notices which are from lime to time ordered to be inserted by the Chancery Courts of England and Ireland, and the Superior Courts of Scotland. Uoualh these appear in the London Gazette and in many instances in Australian and New Zealand newspapers. It would be impossible to furnish space in your valuable journal for even a tithe of the names of such persons, but it may be interesting- to your readers and in some instances may perchance lead to a welcome New Year's gift, if I give a short selection, taken at random, from the many which have been published in the Australian and New Zealand press. In the following- list all (he persons referred to. or their next of kin, or legal personal representatives are supposed to be in Australia or New Zealand, and have been advertised for by solicitors, executors, and others abroad to "claim moneys or property, or for something- to their advantage : — The daughter or next of kin of Leroy Francis an Australian, who diqd recently in California leaving- considerable property which will revert to the State of California if not claimed ; Catherine Marg-aret, and Ro<=anna Coughlin, sisters, left Whera Kings County about 1870 or their descendants : Thomas and Murdoch McGreg-or ; William Jackson Nicholson of Lancashire ; Wyatt Mannincr. son of Joseph Manning, of Burwell. England ; Andrew Gardener, son of George Gardener, or his wife or heirs are wanted to claim property in Scotland ; Richard Arnold who was at Cooktown in 1892; Henry Ashby who left Walham Green 53 years ag-o ; Florence and Alma Harris, daug-hters of William Harris, of East Ham ; Thomas Vau-g-han, son of the deceased Martin Vau-g-han; David Hopkin, who left Mcthyr Tvdvil in 1857; John Kenyon, born at Halifax, Yorkshire; William and Mary Broadbent 1 , children of Thomas Broadbent ; the children of the late Matthew \ ; ere Hodge ; Elizabeth Barnes Norman, nee Biggs; James Robert Baker, eldest son of Richard Large Baker, of Learn-ing-ton ; Edward James Grainger, chair carver, who arrived in Australia about 1889, or his next of kin ; Isabella Johnson, at Tottenham in 1889; William Christopher Yarnold in Melbourne 1864 ; the descendants of John and Thomas Sing-leton, who left Newcastle-on-Tyne for Australia in 1844; Thomas Wilcock; of Manchester, in Queensland in 1877; Mrs. Charles Lewis Ing-ate nee Lizzie Payne : William Crane, who left Stradsett, Norfolk, 18P1 ; James Cook, brother of Elizabeth, of Renfrewshire: the Rev. Richard Thackery (Church 6f England Minister); Samuel Hall. Ross, who arrived in Sydney in 1847; Tohn Reed, known as "Dumps," or "The Jovial Showman," in Sydney 11 years ago; the children of Thomas Robson Blackburn, late of Barnsley, Yorkshire, butcher, deceased ; the heir at' law of the deceased Louisa Coombs, of Salisbury ; Sophia Clappison, daughter of Ann ; Tohn Eg-an, station hand, in Cunnamulla 1906; Georg-e Jones, son of the late Tames Tones, of Hertfordshire ; Henry Walter Lewis, son of Daniel Seys Lewis ; the widow and children of William McMunn, of Ge.ril, County Sligo ; Mary O'Brien, who married a Mr. McGlusky, a ship's carpenter; the first cousins of Louis Smallwood O'Connell; the Page family, formerly of Spring-field, Chelmsford, Essex ; Joseph Brasha Piper or his wife; Georg-e Summers, left Camp Hill, Birmingham, for Australia 1888; Tohn Thornley, son of John, of Middlesex; the daughter of Joseph Lindow, diamond merchant ; Tohn Hamilton, son of Michael, left England for New Zealand 1870 ; Mary Zillicrs nee Finnegan ; William Munn, formerly of Kilmarnock, Scotland; William James Dc Gruchv Hill, son of the late Mr. James Hilh, of Southsea; Edward Shingles, son of Daniel Shingles, ' or his descendants -, Mrs. Mag-g-ie Kennedy nee Carlton; Frank Young-, ship's steward ; Joseph McCully, son of the late John McCully ; the wife and son of the late Captain Dudley Wilbur, who was drowned at sea; William Attwood, known as "Peggy Hawkins"; Mrs. Jane McLeod nee Lyndon; Daniel John Collins, who left Plymouth for Brisbane in 1883 ; the brother of John Hill, late of Clermont, deceased; William Donald Gilbraith, the second son of Mrs. Ann McDonald or Galbraith ; Patrick Boland, of Culleens, Co. Sligo, who left for Queensland 30 years ago; William, Leonard, and Allen Badham, children of Williani and Jane Badham, in Melbourne in 1867; Mrs Teanie Easton, or Armstrong-, daughter of Robert Easton, of Glasgow ; Walter William Arnold, of Launceston ; Luc Boltz, born Egishem Alsace, Lorraine, 1820, or his descendants ; Arthur Camroux Ponder, at Albury, N.S.W., 1898, and afterwards at Hobart ; Isaac Manning, formerly at Ballyhaise. Ireland ; Gasper Allen, son of Benjamin Allen, who arrived in Australia l<>o years ag-o ; the widow or family of Edward Robinson, late of Oldham, England, and whose last known address was at Maryborough, Queensland; Muriel Kreymbcrg-. widow of Geo. Kreymberg- ; the children of the late Peter McGrath, who emigrated from Balltristreen, Co. Waterford ; Henry Thomas Hateley, formerly of Birming-ham ; William Wescott Westmore, last heard of in Sydney, Tohn Hamilton, son of Michael, last heard of in New Zealand ; Timothy Dowling. who left Kerry for Australia 16 years aero ; George Hollott, son of Joshua Hollotl ; Georgre Dawes Monck, who left England for Australia in the I year 1882 ; Hugh Kcrohan, of Co. Antrim, in Australia 1887 ; Charles Hen-

dcrson, son of lames 1 lonclci sun, formerh of Glasgow ; ihe rcpresi natives of William Child, who is believed lo have died in Victoria man}- years ag-o; the children by the fii -t and second marriage of William Hail Mitchell, of Lochiel, Scotland, some of whom resided ;n; n . Victoria and New South Wales; William Lang Leader, who arnved in Newcastle, N.S.W. in 1858; Toshua Chapman, grandson of Ann Chapman ; the- children of the kite Frederick Cherry, of Kingstown, Ireland; Henry Edward Smithes, son of Henry Smithes, in New Zealand 1884; the chilchcn or remoter issue of Henry Richard Miller, born 1827 in Gloucestershire, and who for many years resided in "Victoria, where he died; Georgina Alice Martin, formcrlv of Singapore Straits Settlement; Francis James Oliver, son of John Stephen Oliver, late of New Zealand, deceased ; and the descendants of Dr. Topbircr who is supposed to have died j m Tasmania man} icais apf«. Pursuant to oi tiers made by the Chancery Division of the Hiirh Courts of Justice of England and Ireland, the following persons, or if dead, their legal personal representatives arc required to come in within a specified date and prove their claims in respect of certain moneys about to be distributed, otherwise they will be 'peremptorily excluded from the benefit of any Order Decree or Judgment to be thereafter made by the Court : — The children of Henry Tohnson, who arrived in Melbourne in 18G2 (other than his children by his wife Matilda, from, whom he was divorced in England on Ist May. 1861) ; the jeffery family; the sister or relatives of John Dalker; Frederick Hall Lilley. born 1875, or his children; William Gcddcs McKay, who married a granddaughter of Isaac Dubois ; the next of kin of Williom Donald, late :if Sandymount, in the County of Dublin; Edward Marris, son of Henry Marris. of Yorkshire; the nephew and rcices of William Harris Roberts, of Swansea; the children of Susannah Packwood by her marriage with John Packwood; the children of William and Jane Randle; John, Catherine, and Marg-aret Ryan, children of William Ryan, late a Custom House Officer in Ireland, deceased ; the Scholefield family, forruerly of Saffron Waldcn, Essex; Tames Solomon Toms, Jane Dawc and Eliza Ellis re *he estate of James Toms, deceased ; William Wichcloe, son of Thomas Holland Wicheloe, left England for Australia about 1853 ; the children or remoter issue of George Hall, born 1787 (who was a son of Joseph and Ann Hall); Mrs. Mary Ann Edith Raikes nee Walker, who left Canada for N.Z. about 1873 ; Charles Edward Berry, who was married at Lubcck, Victoria, in 1879 ; Alexander Mombray Wilson, in Queensland in 1B82 ; Adeline Press, born 16th July. 1830, and afterwards married Thomas Adams and emigrated ."o Australia 25 years ago; Richard Press, a son of W illiam Press ; and the children of Tohn Clarke, Thomas Clarke, and Ann Reade (the brothers and sister of Richard Calvcr Clarke, deceased. Large sums of money and considerable properly annually lapse to the Crown in England through no next of kin or heirs coming forward to claim their rights, and no steps seem to be taken to trace such next of kin of a deceased person as may have emigrated to Australia, and during the current year the next of kin of the following persons have been advertised for by the Solicitor for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury, and in default of an appearance their respective estates ..will lapse to the Crown :—: — Mary Corkhil, who died at Paddington, London, 14th November, 1907 ; Charles Lowe, of Marylcbone, Middlesex, died 13/10707; Mrs. Catherine Hea!ey, died at Battersea 1/12/07; Ralph Jackson, died at Devonport, England, 28/11/86; Sarah Drake Moore, a spinster, died at Highgate, Middlesex, on the 8/12/07; Mary Trevor, died at Kensington, London, on the 15/4/07 ; Tulia Green Fisher, died at Bloomsbury, London, on the 25/10 07; .Emma Warren, died at Ashford, Middlesex, on the 2/3/08; Ellen Harris, died at Mile End Old Town, London, on the 18/1/08; Henry Charles Mayer, died Bloomsbury 14/10/07; Charles Morris (commercial traveller), late of Ashton Manor, Warwickshire, died on the 2 12/ 92 ; Phoebe Morris, who died %t Ashton Manor; Mrs. Jane Shaw, died at Cheshire on the 28)1/08; Henry Ainley. died at Sheffield on the 9/1/06 ; Emma Turner, died at Ipswich, Suffolk, on the 13/8/07; H. W. Ablett, who died abroad; Alfred Hill, late of Frome, Somerset, who died on the 9/1/07; and Frank Siniicld, who died at the Univcrsitv College Hospital last year; and the King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer intimates that His Majesty has succeed ed at Ultimus llaeres to the estate of John Gordon Smith, late of Kildrunny, Aberdcenshire, and also to All That Property being 23 Frederick Street and 12 Princess Street, Aberdeen, sometime belonging to Mrs. Mary Hutchinson oi Sangster and Margaret Sangster. Should any of your .subscribers think themselves interested in any of the forcuoing matters, I will be pleased to give them further information on application to me or th- « gh your paper. — Yours, etc., THOS. W. LLOYD, Lloyd's Next of Kin and Unclaimed Money Offices, 80, Swanston Sticct, Melbourne. December, 1908.